- ellipse as a noun:
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ellipse
noun
1 ellipse
A closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it:
— The sums of the distances from the foci to any point on an ellipse is constant.
synonym: oval.
Roget 247: circularity, roundness; rotundity etc. 249. circle, circlet, ring, areola, hoop, roundlet†, annulus, annulet†, ... show more
Dutch: ellips, ovaal
Polish: elipsa
Moby thesaurus: arc, bow, catacaustic, catenary, caustic, circle, conchoid, crook, curl, curve, diacaustic, festoon, hook, hyperbola, lituus, oval, ovoid, ovule, parabola, sinus ... show more.
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